This spring marks the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth, and the first of several events commemorating the milestone is ...

Born in 1775, Turner is “perhaps the best-loved English Romantic artist,” as London’s National Gallery writes. He painted landscapes and seascapes with a unique attention to light and color ...

Turner was the most famous British artist of the 19th Century ... expressive quickly-painted washy watercolours and the colours are so life enhancing in the sometimes dark month of January." ...